This simple recipe offers two variations for making delicious, easy peanut noodles. These vegan dishes make great weeknight dinners or weekday lunches!
I don’t make peanut noodles nearly enough. I forget how easy it is to make a peanut sauce, and that I usually already have all the ingredients on hand. I’ve made other peanut sauce variations before, but this time I wanted to simplify it down to just the necessary six ingredients. It takes about 5 minutes (tops) to stir it together… then toss it with noodles & veggies. Dinner is done.
We rarely have leftovers when I serve peanut noodles for dinner, but when we do, I use the leftover peanut noodles in lettuce wraps for lunch the next day. I love the creamy peanut noodles in the crispy lettuce leaves.
Easy Peanut Noodles
- 8 ounces soba noodles, pasta, or rice noodles
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Eggplant
- Red peppers
- Chopped scallions
- Sesame seeds
- Peanut Sauce
- Crushed peanuts
- Cook your noodles according to the package directions.
- Heat a skillet to medium, add a little oil. Add the mushrooms & eggplant and let cook for a few minutes until the mushrooms and eggplant become soft. Add the red pepper and scallions and cook for a few minutes more. Add a splash of soy sauce and remove the pan from the heat.
- Toss noodles with peanut sauce and add the veggies.
- Top with sesame seeds and crushed peanuts. Serve warm or cold.
Store extra peanut sauce in the fridge for up to a week.
- Leftover peanut noodles
- Lettuce cups
- Sriracha
- Crushed peanuts
- Ponzu sauce for dipping (or ½ soy sauce, ½ rice vinegar)
- (optional - extra peanut sauce)
- Place leftover noodles in lettuce cups and add sriracha and more crushed peanuts on top. Dip in ponzu sauce and enjoy!
Wow! Both versions were so yummy!
So glad you enjoyed them!
I must have done something wrong. My peanut sauce came out too thick. Any suggestions on how to thin it out.?
Hi Melissa, stir in some water, 1 tablespoon at a time, to reach your desired consistency. Peanut butter brand can all vary in thickness. I hope that helps!
Made this for dinner tonight, exactly as written. It was delicious. My husband added more Siracha, I like mine more mild so kept it to the 1/2 teaspoon, and we both loved it. Thanks for the recipe.
Forgot to check the stars before posting but I’d give it 5+.
Delightful amount of spice and extremely simple to make. ????
I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Literally just made this and I absolutely loved it! What was even more surprising was that my hard critic of a hubby loved it as well!
Hi Maria, I’m so glad you both loved the noodles!